(April 1973)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1973-01-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #92, December 1972.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Battle of the Century -- Any Century! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You struggle in vain, Thing!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Thundra (Femizonia - Earth-715)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Thundra at Dawn! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited) (plot); Gerry Conway (credited) (script)
Pencils
Ramona Fradon (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

Job Number
1271Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Swell buncha jokers we are.
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Frightful Four: Sandman [Flint Marko] (villain); Thundra (Femizonia - Earth-715) (villain); Trapster [Peter Petruski] (villain); Wingless Wizard [Bentley Wittman] (villain)
D.W. Griffith (cameo); Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Alicia Masters; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
On New Year's Eve in Times Square, Thundra challenges the Thing to a battle at Shea Stadium and takes Alicia hostage to ensure his participation.
Reprints
Keywords
New Year's Eve; Times Square

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Sirs: Hear this lone mournful voice crying out...

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Cameron Bastedo, Rick Keefe, Steve Bruflodt, and Alan Meerow.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Battle of the Century -- Any Century!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Thundra at Dawn!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. ["Dear Sirs: Hear this lone mournful voice crying out..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Ralf Haring
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Steven Tice